Grain-binder and corn-husker combined



(No Model.)

G. H. LYNDE.

GRAIN BINDER AND vCONN EUSKER COMBINED. No.'265,269. Patented Oct. 3, 1.882.4

UNTTED STATES PATENT CEETCE.

CHARLES H. LYNDE, OF MARLBOROUGH, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO WlL- LIAM IN. WHITACRE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GRAIN-BINDER AND CORN-HUSKER COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,269, dated October 3, 1882.

Application filed April 13, 1852. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LYNDE, of Marlborough, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved (-lraiilBinder and Corn-Husker Combined 5 and I do hereby declare that the t'ollowing is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

My invention relates to a grain-binder and 1o corn-husker combined, which may be used in binding other articles; and it, consists ot"`an implement as hereinafter more l'ully described.

Reference will be had to the following specification, and to the annexed drawings, making part ot' the same, for a full and complete description ofthe said implement and the mode of using it.

Figure l is a top view ot' the implement;v Fig. 2, a view ol' the opposite side ot' Fig. l,

2o Fig. 3, a side View, Fig. 4, a longitudinal section in the line rv Figs. l and 2. Figs. 5 and G illustrate the mode of binding with the implement.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The generaltorm of the implement is shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4L. From the heel A ittapers to a pointat the point end B. It also curves longitudinally from the heel tothe point, as

3e seen in Figs. 3 and 4. Along the central part on one side is a groove or flute, C, which eX- tends to near the point, the other end terminating in the opening D. Connected with the t opening is a slot, E. ln the central part of the implement are two holes, F, in which is secuied the removable holder G, or it may be otherwise connected to the article.

In using the implement for binding gavels of grain the cord or lathions are rst cut the 4o proper length, with a knot, H, made in one end, of snfticientsize to be held from passing through the slot E. The cord adjoining the knot is slipped into the slot E, so that the knot will be in the concave position I of the heel below the surface of the implement, so

that the knot will be out of the way in binding the gavel. With the knotted end ip the slot, as stated, and the implement held in the right hand, the gevel being at the same time 5o taken up, the cord is passed and looped around it below the knot under the heel of the implement and drawn tightly, the loose end of the cord being passed between the cord next to the bundle, as indicated at J, Fig. 5.

.The implement is then moved in the line ot the slot, so as to allow the knot to slip out of the slot through the opening D,yand is then held by the loop K, Jformed bythe entwinings ofthe loose end and the cord adjoining the bundle in Fig. 6. To uubind the bundle it is 6o only required to pull the loose end of the cord from between the bundle and the tie. rIhe reaction or spring of the compressed bundle will be sufficient to hold the cord passed between the bundle and thecord ot the loose end ot the string from slipping and unt/ying the bundle.

The knot could not bewell or conveniently held by hand l'or receiving the loop, but with the implement the knotted cord is easily and readily held for forming the loop around it, 7o and is quickly released when theloop is made, so that the loopingI of the knot and tying ot' the bundle are done with greater ease and rapidity than by hand.

When used as a corn-husker the finger is inserted in the holder Gr, which may be a strip of leather, or a cord with the ends passing through the holes F and fastened in such way as to be detachable. .In using the implement as a corn-husker it'. is held in the-hand with 8o the first or second linger through the loop to prevent its falling from the hand in stripping oft the husks, which is done by forcing the point B into the husks, and then stripping them ott'. The husking is done in this way 85 with less labor and with more rapidity than in the usual way.

The implement is found ot' great use in the corn-field, by the use ot' which the corn can be husked and the stalks or fodder bound 9o more rapidly and securely and with lesslabor than can bedone by the ordinary inode ot' hard work.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The compound tool or implement herein described, the same provided with a. curved pointed end, B, and a rounded curved heel, A, with an opening, D, and slot E near one end thereof for the prepared bands,anda loop, rco G, substantially as and for the purposes set fort-h.

In testimony whereotI aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. LYNDE.

Witnesses:

O. B. HOOVER, Jas. W. COULTER. 

